On political endorsement https://t.co/e5OTZhylIE This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.

The editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned after the newspaper's owner blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a journalism trade publication reported Wednesday.

Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review in an interview that she resigned because the Times was remaining silent on the contest in “dangerous times.”

Mariel Garza resigned after billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong vetoed the editorial board’s planned endorsement of Harris. The Trump campaign seized on the move.

Mariel Garza, the top editorial page editor at the Los Angeles Times, quit after the newspaper’s owner blocked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris for president.

The editorial board of the Los Angeles Times isn’t making an endorsement in the presidential election for the first time since 2004, a decision that leaves Vice President Kamala Harris without the official backing of her home state’s largest newspaper.

Mariel Garza says the editorial board was prepared to endorse VP Harris, but the paper's owner decided not to make an endorsement.

The Los Angeles Times editorial board member Mariel Garza announced her resignation Wednesday after the paper declined to endorse a presidential candidate.

The editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times resigned Wednesday after a decision by the newspaper's owner not to endorse a nominee for president.